Okinawa : the last battle of World War II / Robert Leckie.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1996.Description: x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 0140173897
- 9780140173895
- 067084716X
- 9780670847167
- D767.99.O45 L43 1995
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Includes index.
Originally published: New York: Viking, 1995.
Why Okinawa? -- Japan at bay -- The divine wind -- The Japanese samurai -- First blood for America -- Kamikaze strike, Franklin's ordeal -- The "Americans" -- Love day -- The Marines overrun the north -- "Floating chrysanthemums" -- Fiery failure at Kakazu Ridge -- Back to banzai! -- Kikusui 2 : kamikaze crucible -- Uncle Sam : logistics magician -- Hodge's hurricane attack hurled back -- Outer line cracked, Ushijima retreats -- Kamikaze bases scourged, Kikusui 4 -- Last gasp of the Samurai Cho -- Minatoga : a missed opportunity -- May : rain, mud, blood, and breakthrough! -- Ushijima retreats again -- Chrysanthemums die in sea and sky -- Ushijima's last stand -- A samurai farewell -- Epilogue : the value of Okinawa.
A retelling of the April Fool's Day invasion of Japan in 1945 by a U.S. Marine veteran offers a perspective of the eighty-three-day battle from American and Japanese viewpoints.